President Buhari has appointed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the Chairman of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA. In a statement released by his special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari also appointed Mustapha Yunusa Maihaja as the new Director-General of NEMA.

On March 7, 2017, members of a notorious gang, which specialise in robbing couriers of online trading stores, shot at an operative of the Rapid Response Squad, Sgt. Garba Kadiri, while attempting to evade arrest at Pretty Street, Iyana School, LASU – Iyana Road.

Saturday PUNCH learnt that through the reports of victims of the gang, the RRS had tracked down the gang but they shot at the officers before they could be arrested. But on Wednesday, after days of tracking the suspects, operatives of the squad, apprehended four suspects.

The suspects, Wilfred Ehis (30); Bright Eloho (24), Emeka Egbemedu (22) and Olanrewaju Kamilu (33) were arrested at Olamulti Hotel, New Site, Iba, Ojo, Lagos. The leader of the gang, Ehis, claimed to be a Chemical Engineering graduate of University of Benin, Ekpoma, Edo State.

Friday, March 31, 2017

According to the story trending online, Kenyan millionaire, Javan Bidogo got married to two friends, Elvas and Asha same weekend in different lavish occasions.

A Facebook user, Maybelline Boma who shared the news said that the man found the two ladies attractive and decided to marry them both.He first got married to Elvas on Saturday the 25th of March at Golden Jubilee Towers while he married Asha the next day at Serena Hotel In Dar es Salaam.

A 25-year-old British woman who paid to help her Nigerian boyfriend stay in the country was devastated and furious when she found out through Facebook that he’d been cheating on her for months.

Care home worker, Beth Coombs from Southsea, was matched with personal trainer Chris Chikadibia Esionwu, 29, on Tinder dating app, at Christmas in 2015.The couple’s first date was a trip to Pets at Home, as Beth was keen to buy a companion for her pet rat.

Doctors in Mexico are finally set to operate on the World's heaviest man who has been confined to his bed for six years. Juan Pedro Franco, who once weighed more than half a ton at 595 kilos will undergo the gastric bypass surgery on the 9th of May, 2017.

18 year old Romanian teenager, Aleexandra Kefren who appeared on 'This Morning' show in November of last year, to announce that she intended to sell her virginity to the highest bidder has finally sold it to a Hong Kong businessman for a whopping €2.3million.Aleexandra made the sale through German-based Cinderella Escorts, a seedy business that specialises in selling girls' virginity.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

While they were discussing last night, Tboss revealed to Bisola that her crush, Thin Tall Tony has a child. Bisola looked a bit stunned, saying that she doesn't even know if TTT is a married man with children. Watch the video after the cut.

The Welsh-born wife of a French presidential candidate is facing at least 10 years in jail after being charged with criminal offences. Penelope Fillon, 61, spent more than 13 hours being grilled by three Paris judges investigating a fake jobs scandal that has been dubbed Penelopegate.

Her husband Francois Fillon, the conservative Republicans party candidate to become head of state, was indicted earlier this month.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

That can't be weed because that won't be allowed on BBN, we presume. So what was she rolling? This has caused a lot of debate online. Some say it it not possible for Marvis to be using weed on live TV as the organizers can't be so dumb to allow a banned substance live on TV. But others are arguing that if it is not weed, what else could Marvis be rolling up like a blunt?...

The wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mrs Taiwo Obasanjo, on Monday, filed a suit at an Ikeja High Court, seeking to stop the wedding of her son, Olujonwo Obasanjo, scheduled for May 11.

Ex-President Obasanjo and the father of the bride, Sir Kessington Adebutu, promoter of Premier Lotto known as “Baba Ijebu” are respondents to the suit.

Mrs Obasanjo, who is the twin sister of Chief Kenny Martins, the former Coordinator of the Police Equipment Fund, is seeking a postponement of the wedding of her son, Olujonwo to Tope Adebutu scheduled for May 11 and May 12.She wants the wedding to be fixed for a date after June 1.

The mother of Westminster terror attacker Khalid Masood today broke her silence over her son's crimes and said she had shed many tears' for his victims. Janet Ajao, 69, is being protected by police for fear of reprisals at her country home after it was was searched by anti-terror officers.

Mother-of-three Mrs Ajao said: "I am so deeply shocked, saddened and numbed by the actions my son has taken that have killed and injured innocent people in Westminster. "Since discovering that it was my son that was responsible I have shed many tears for the people caught up in this horrendous incident."

Bosnian taekwondo champion, Kerim Ahmetspahic has achieved an incredible milestone for himself after breaking 111 building blocks with his head in 35 seconds. According to reports, the new record has paved way for the 16-year-old into the Guinness World Record.

Monday, March 27, 2017

A 100 level student of the University of Lagos identified as Temitope Omolara died on Thursday, March 23rd after she reportedly went out with an unidentified man.

According to Nigerian Tribune, the deceased was said to have returned to the campus after the outing feeling sick, with her friends reporting that she was seen vomiting, including blood on a number of occasions.

A 100 level student of the Moddibo Adama University of Technology has committed suicide after she saw her first year result and discovered that her performance was very poor. The girl, who has not been named, ingested insecticide in Oba Adetona Hostel of the University where she lodged.

She was an undergraduate of the department of Management; School of Management and Information Technology (SMIT). According to a source who spoke with LIB her main reason for committing suicide was that she had carry-over in 9 courses in her first semester in the institution.